Foot rest



E. SANTANIELLO.

FOOT REST.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.2a,192|.

Patented Nov. M, 1922;.

Patented Nev. 14, 1922.

MNH

intatti. Pettit @Italia EMILIO SANTANIELLO, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY vDIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO SAFETY SHOE REST & SHOE SHINING COMPANY, OF CHICAGO,

ILLINOIS, A COPARTNERSHIP CONSISTING OF EMILIO SANTANIELLO, GEORGE W.

DARDAVESIS, AND JAMES G. HONTOS.

FOOT REST.

Application led March 28, 1921. Serial NO. 456,459.

T 0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it lrnown that I, EMILIO SAN'rANmLLo, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in 'Foot Rests, of which the following is a specification.

rllhis invention relates to a foot rest for a shoe shining stand whereon is a chair for the customer; in particular my invention is concerned with certain improvements by which a pair ofsupports for the feet are mounted so as to be slidable forwardly or rearwardly of the seat, as desired.

Certain exempliications of this invention are shown in the accompanying drawing wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a seat mounted upon a shoe shining stand, the adjustable foot rests being shown as attached to the chair pedestal;

Fig. 2 is a cross section, enlarged, `taken on line 2`2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a detail in side elevation of a slightly modified foot rest which is shown as mounted upon a iitting adapted for attachment to the platform of the stand; and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional detail taken on line 44-4 of Fig. 1.

In the drawing I have shown a chair 5 supported upon a pedestal 6 which may be mounted upon the usual platform 7 of a shoe shining stand. According' to the constructions of Figs. 1, 2, and 4, each of the opposite sides of the pedestal is equipped with a pair of lugs 8 suitably apertured to provide a bea-ring for a slide rod 9. In order to prevent its turning, there is formed in the rod a longitudinal groove 10 into which may enter the end of a pin 11 that is screwed into one of the lugs, as shown.

At the vforward end of each rod is fixed a` shoe support which may comprise a sleeve 12 from which project a pair of upwardly extending arms 13 which support a plate 14 suitableconiigured to support the foot. A set screw 15 may be entered through the sleeve to engage with the rod so as to detachably hold the shoe support in place and prevent the same from turning upon the rod. By preference this set screw enters the same groove 10 wherein is engaged the pin l1. If desired, a cross rod 16 may connect the two foot supports, and if this be used the two rods will then be maintained in unitary relation such as to move in unison and be thereby prevented from turning without the aid of any other means for this purpose, although it may still be found expedient to utilize the pin 11 and jrod groove l() to assist the cross rod in accomplishing this end, so that no undue burden will be imposed on either part.

The lugs 8 in which the two rods are slidably mounted may, if desired, be arranged upon a plate 17 such as is shown in Fig. 8, this plate being secured directly to the platform 7 instead of the chair pedestal. In other respects this construction may follow that already described, and further explanation is, therefore, unnecessary.

At the rear end of each slide rod I provide stop means which also in the extreme forward position operates independently of the pin 1 1 to prevent rotation of these rods within their respective bearings, such stop means, however, being desirable as an aid to the pin 11 whereby neither part by itself' is required to wholly oppose torsional forces applied to the rod. One such construction is shown in Fig. 1, wherein it will be noted that a collar 18 is secured to the rod as by means of a pin 19, this collar being provided with a forwardly extending lug 20 which is adapted to seat within a recess 2l formed in the rear side of the proximate bearing 8. When the rod is pulled forward to its limit, this lug will enter the recess to not only stop the rod against further movement, but also to prevent the rod from turning within its bearings. Preferably a nut 22 is threaded onto the extremity of each rod beyond the collar 18 so as to reinforce the pin 19 against shearing strains.

In the construction of Fig. 3, I have shown the slide rod reduced `near its end to provide a shoulder 23 against which may rest a collar 24 that is held in place as by means of a nut 25 that is threaded onto the rod extremity. On one side of this collar is a beveled surface 26, preferably flat, adapted to ride upon a correspondingly beveled face 27 that is formed on the plate 17 just rear wardly of the proximate lug 8. rI`he effect of this construction is to wedge the collar upon the face 27 such as to hold the rod uca-l in its forwardly advanced position; its return may be eil'ected only by the application of sutlicient initial pressure to break the wedge lock which exists between the two surfaces 26 and 27. In addition the contact between these two surfaces may be utilized to prevent the slide rod 'from turning,

if the nut 25 be tightened against the collar 2st with suficient torce to lool; the same against rot-ation.

I he improvements which characterize this invention may be inexpensively produced, and are amply strong to withstand long` and arduous usage. It will be noted further that the present device is adapted for use either with shoe sliining chairs as now made, or with other chairs which are specially designed to have incorporated in them the in'iprovements herein described. Obviously, the invention may be embodied in other forms than the ones which have been shown in the drawings, and in so far as the same may respond to the claims hereinbelow appended, I desire that they be included within the scope ol the patent to issue ony this application.

I claim':

l. In a toot rest of the kind described, the combination of a bearing, a rod slidably mounted in said bearing, a support secured to one end of the rod, a collar carried by the other end oir the rod, and a lug extending from the collar in al direction toward the bearing, there being a recess in the proximate side oit the bearing .into which the lug may slide when the rod approaches its limit of Yforward movement, the collar acting to stop the rod and the lug serving to prevent rotation thereof within the boaring only when the rod is in an extreme lorward position, substantially as described.

2. In a foot rest of the kind described, the combination of a rod, means within which the rod is slidably mounted, a groove arranged longitudinally ofthe rod, a pin passing through said means to lie within the groove to prevent rotation of the rod within its mounting, a shoe support carried on one end of the rod, and formed with a sleeve adapted to be fitted thereupon, means passing through the sleeve and entering the groove to prevent rotation of the shoe support relative tothe rod, and stop means carried by the other end ot the rod to limit its forward movement within the mounting, substantially as described.

3. In a toot rest of the kind described, the combination of a pair ot' rods, means within which each rod is slidably mounted, a stop on one end and a shoe support on the other end of each rod, and a connection between the two supports tending to hold the rods from turning, substantially as described.

4. In a foot rest of the kind described, the combination of a chair, a pedestal on which the chair is supported, a bearing extended laterally 'rom each side of the pedestal, a rod slidably arranged within each bearing, a shoe support carried by the forward end of each rod, and means on the other end of each rod adapted to engage with its associated bearing to limit the torward movement of the rod, substantially as described.

EMILIO SANTANIELLO. Ilvritness Emiliani BANNING. 

